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UNITED STATES PA rnNr rrron ANTON JELINEK, OF CHICAGO, ILLIN OIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO.

JAMES A. ORAIG,

OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,480, dated July 3, 1883 Application filed May G, 1882.

'To all whom it may caccr:

Be it known that I, ANTON J ELINEK, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bread or Cheese Glitters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertans to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to cut bread, or, if desired, cheese, rapidly and with little or no effort. This I accomplish by means of a large bread or cheese knife, the shank of which is pivoted to a lug projecting from a vertically-reciprocating sleeve, and set at an any desired angle to the sane by means of setscrews. The sleeve moves and is lifted or lowered on a vertical rod or shaft by a lever, which is fulcrumed to thesame, and which is pivoted at one end to another lever, so as to form a knee or toggle joint. The shaft is secured to a hinged plate, which can be maintained in any desired position, substantially as described in the following sp'ecification, and illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elev'ation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of knife-shank and lug.

In the drawings, A is a large cheese or bread lnife, having a shank, a, which is secured to a lug, b, by.,two set-screws, b and b the screw Z/, Situated in or near the outer extremity of the same, serving as the pivotal center of the knife, and the other, b passing through-a segmental slot, a', into said lug. Said slot describes a part of a circle struck from the aforesaid pivotal center, and is so made that when the sleeve moves vertically and obliquely, as will be hereinafter described, the knife can be adjusted so that its cutting-edge will 'be 011 a horizontal line. The lug b projects from a sleeve, B, which moves vertically or obliquely 011 an upright rod or shaft, G. On the side directly opposite the lug it is provided with' a setscrew, c, which, passing through the same, enters a slot, c in the contiguous side of the shaft C. This serves as a guide for the sleeve, and pre- (No model.)

vents any lateral oscillation of the knife. Immediately above the screw is a suitable projection, having in it a perforation to receive the screw d, which serves as a fulcrum for 'the leve'r D. This screw nay be made longer, if desired, so as to enter the slot in the shaft, and thus dispense with the lower screw, c. The vertical shaft is rigidly secured to a plate, E, hingcd, on the side nearest the knife, to the bed-plate E'. to give any desired inclination to the vertical shaft, so as to obtain an oblique cut. It is maintained at any `desired incline by a bolt, or, if preferable, an extension, e, prej ecting laterally from said plate E, which passes through a suitable slot in the segmental o'r U -shaped arm F, projecting from the bed-plate, and is secured by a thumb-screw, e', on the end thereof. The lever D, fulcrumed to the sleeve, as hereinbefore stated, is provided at one 'end with a handle; or, if preferred, it may be perforated, as shown in Fig. 2, to receive the auX- iliary lever D This auxiliary lever may be swung back, so as to rest upon the lever D. The other end of the lever D is pivoted to the bar G, which is pivoted at its other end to a lug, g, projecting from the hingcd plate. Said lever and bar form what is commonly called a knee or toggle joint.

The above-described machine is adapted to cut either cheese or bread, the latter of which requires a drawing or oblique cut. this I incline the shaft at a proper angle, and there secure it by the thumb-screw and bolt, in the manner hereinbefore specified, and then adjust the knife until the edge of the same is 011 a horizontal line. the desired cut is obtained. By i'eturningthe knife and shaft to their original positions the machine will make a vertical cut, which is preferred for cheeses.

lt will be understood that the bed-plate is This device is resorted to so as To obtain By working the lever v secured to its resting-place by screws, and it may be of any desired shape, so as to be capable of adjustment to any desired place.

hat I claim as new and desire to secure IOO sm iso pvotul center, and which has passing through it into said lug, :L set-screw so that the knife can he set ;tt any angle within the extrenes of said slot, substzmtially as described.

2. The conbinztion, with the pivoted knife, of :t sleeve, and an adjustahle shztft capable of being set vertically or obliquely in an incline toward said knife, upon which said sh eve moves, suhstuntially as described.

3. The combination, with a vertical shu't Secured to t pinte which is hinged to :t bedpltte, of a bolt or extension screwthreaded on the outer end, extending latemlly 'from said hinged plete and passing through {L slot in u segnental or U-shaped arin, and maintained in :my desired position by u thnmb-screw 011 the end thereof, and said segnental or U sheped slotted arni Secured to or made in one piece with the bed-plate, :s and for the purpose specified.

4. The conbinzttion, with :L sleeve noving vertic dly or obliquely up and down 011 a shitit, of :i lever fulcruned to the side t11ereof, whieh is provided nt one end with {L handle, and piv oted nt the other to ;t har, so as to forn &tog-

A bread or cheese cutter consisting of {L knife pivoted to t lug, said lug Secured to :L sleeve, seid sleeve noving in a vertical direction on a shaft, said shaft secured to :L plate hinged to the bed-pinte, and maintained in any desired angle by a bolt passing through l slot in an arm and Secured by a thumbscrew, a level' fulcrnned to the side ot' 'athe sleevc, one end of which serves as {L handle, the other end being piVoted to a bar to forn :L knee or togglejoint, and said bur pivoted to a lug projecting froni the hinged plate or bed-pinte, suhstztntiully us and for the purpose hereinbefore described and set forth.

Intestimonythat I claim the foregoing as ny own I hereunto a-flix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTON J ELINEK.

i tnesses JAMES H. COYNE, FRANK 1). THOMASON. 

